moderator-2 Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 30 minutes ago, timjwilson said: One can pay a small fee to a bot farm to harass/attack a forum website, if they wish to cause turmoil. It will likely require a CAPTCHA or software to stop it. I had the thought this might be a possibility but then the link Lou posted seems to show there is a bigger problem here than just us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timjwilson Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 2 hours ago, moderator-2 said: I had the thought this might be a possibility but then the link Lou posted seems to show there is a bigger problem here than just us. If I am not mistaken, you may need to find out from the website where the forum platform was downloaded from. I do not see this on 2 other forums but they have paid platforms/software. EDIT: Okay now by scrolling down I see Invision may be the platform. There may be better - could check here https://www.phpbb.com/ but I know from experience, migrating a forum is not fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Quillio Posted May 2, 2023 Report Share Posted May 2, 2023 10 hours ago, moderator-2 said: I had the thought this might be a possibility but It's highly unlikely that a specific attacker targeted this particular site, maybe a one in a million chance. By far, the common case is that an exploit is discovered for a certain web application, and it's leveraged against all vulnerable sites of that type. BTW, I've seen none of this spam. OTOH I only receive notifications about threads I've posted to, plus a daily digest email. That's quite enough. If you ask for more comprehensive email notifications, consider cutting those back. LQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted May 2, 2023 Report Share Posted May 2, 2023 They're back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 Morning clean up complete. Enjoy your day. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisy2013 Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 It just started again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 Cleaned out 8. I hope no more show up, wishful thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 Thanks Pete, I missed that last batch. Need all the help you can provide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 Also notice they are trying to slip their spam crap in down the topic list, even into the for sale sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Quillio Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 12 minutes ago, moderator-2 said: they are trying to slip their spam "It" (not really "they") will inject spam until it's fixed at the application level -- which I suspect only an admin can do. All else is cosmetic "Cleanup on Aisle 5" drudgery. LQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted May 4, 2023 Report Share Posted May 4, 2023 7 hours ago, johanson said: Cleaned out 8. I hope no more show up, wishful thinking. I got a couple more this afternoon but checking just now seems clean. Did you get more in late afternoon (here)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted May 4, 2023 Report Share Posted May 4, 2023 I just got on line and haven't seen anything yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted May 4, 2023 Report Share Posted May 4, 2023 It seems I arrived the same time they did this morning and got four within a couple minutes of posting. 6:30AM 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted May 4, 2023 Report Share Posted May 4, 2023 Has anyone tried deleting the User? Or determining their IP address(s)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted May 4, 2023 Report Share Posted May 4, 2023 Mods are limited to a function "Flag As Spammer" which removes the spammer and all their posts. We can't see the IP address. I have tried to get CB to stop using Invision as this is a chronic problem with their software. You will notice this never happens at TOB. We are coming up on a week of this attack. Longest yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted May 5, 2023 Report Share Posted May 5, 2023 SPAM. They are back in Forum Ajijic/Chapala/Guadalajara. I sent messages to Admin, Mod2, and, Mod5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted May 5, 2023 Report Share Posted May 5, 2023 I'm going to ask those of you who want to keep this group going to contact Chapala Realty direct and ask them to fix this. I really can't sit here all day and delete the same spammers over and over again. This needs to be addressed at board level. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapala Posted May 5, 2023 Report Share Posted May 5, 2023 hCaptcha is already installed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted May 5, 2023 Report Share Posted May 5, 2023 That is extremely good news. I have spent hours over the last week deleting the same spammers over and over again as did Mod 5. Thank you VERY much Admin! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moderator-2 Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 Just deleted a half dozen more obviously from the same spammers that have plagued us for a week now. So the capcha isn't stopping them. From MOD5 just deleted 30 or so. Sorry to break in to your post, Moderator-5, maybe two hours later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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